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Executive and Legislative documents laid before the General Assembly of North-Carolina [1869; 1870]

56 Document No. 33. [Session
I don't remember whom, for the payment of some money, and
told me to collect it. I presented the paper to the person. I
do not now remember whom. I understood from Mr. Swep-son
that the money, when collected, would be his—and that
the claim had been transferred to him by Gen. Littlefield, in
payment of a debt due by Littlefield to him Swepson. Swep-son
told me it I would collect the money he would give me a
commission on it of 5 per cent. I did collect the money, paid
it to Swepson, and he allowed me $500, the commissions, in a
settlement of private matters between us, some months after-wards.
But, finding that Littlefield had to lose the commis-sions,
I returned it to him, in a settlement with him of another
matter.
The check was handed to me by Gen. Wm. G. Lewis, who
was then engineer in chief of the "William ston and Tarboro'
Railroad, who was in New York at the time.
I do not remember whether I handed Mr. Swepson's order
to Gen. Lewis or not, but it was in response to that order that
the check was handed to me some few days after. I think the
order from Swepson was addressed either to Gen. Lewis or to
Mr. Stubbs, President of said Tarboro' and Williamston Rail-road
Company. I think the order was handed to Gen. Lewis
by me—this is my best impression.
Ques. 5. Our attention has been drawn to a statement that,,
in the course of a settlement between yourself and George W.
Swepson, $11,000, or some such large amount, was paid by
yourself to him upon some consideration afiecting legislation
recently theretofore perfected, and relating to appropriations
by the State for railroads ; please to say whether this state-ment
is founded upon facts, and if so, upon what ?
Ans. As a railroad officer I never paid Mr, Swepson or
any other person, any sum of money to afi^ect legislation ; but
in an individual settlement between Mr. Swepson and myself,
I allowed him to retain $11,000, upon the promise from Gen.
Littlefield that he (Littlefield) would pay it, which he subse-

56 Document No. 33. [Session
I don't remember whom, for the payment of some money, and
told me to collect it. I presented the paper to the person. I
do not now remember whom. I understood from Mr. Swep-son
that the money, when collected, would be his—and that
the claim had been transferred to him by Gen. Littlefield, in
payment of a debt due by Littlefield to him Swepson. Swep-son
told me it I would collect the money he would give me a
commission on it of 5 per cent. I did collect the money, paid
it to Swepson, and he allowed me $500, the commissions, in a
settlement of private matters between us, some months after-wards.
But, finding that Littlefield had to lose the commis-sions,
I returned it to him, in a settlement with him of another
matter.
The check was handed to me by Gen. Wm. G. Lewis, who
was then engineer in chief of the "William ston and Tarboro'
Railroad, who was in New York at the time.
I do not remember whether I handed Mr. Swepson's order
to Gen. Lewis or not, but it was in response to that order that
the check was handed to me some few days after. I think the
order from Swepson was addressed either to Gen. Lewis or to
Mr. Stubbs, President of said Tarboro' and Williamston Rail-road
Company. I think the order was handed to Gen. Lewis
by me—this is my best impression.
Ques. 5. Our attention has been drawn to a statement that,,
in the course of a settlement between yourself and George W.
Swepson, $11,000, or some such large amount, was paid by
yourself to him upon some consideration afiecting legislation
recently theretofore perfected, and relating to appropriations
by the State for railroads ; please to say whether this state-ment
is founded upon facts, and if so, upon what ?
Ans. As a railroad officer I never paid Mr, Swepson or
any other person, any sum of money to afi^ect legislation ; but
in an individual settlement between Mr. Swepson and myself,
I allowed him to retain $11,000, upon the promise from Gen.
Littlefield that he (Littlefield) would pay it, which he subse-